Argentina's market move makes sense but European teams could raise their levels

Argentina's market move makes sense but European teams could raise their levels. Brazil and Argentina have been the pre-tournament steamers in the World Cup betting.

Brazil and Argentina have shortened up since the summer. Argentina's market move makes sense. European teams could raise their levels.

Argentina are on a 36-game unbeaten streak and have halved in price since the start of June. The Albiceleste beat Italy at Wembley and kept clean sheets against Uruguay, Brazil and Colombia in the last 12 months. Brazil also have a talented squad and they beat South Korea, Japan, Ghana and Tunisia by a 14-3 aggregate since June, but their European rivals have less of a chance. The last couple of seasons have been compacted due to the unique demands of Covid and accommodating a winter World Cup. Four Nations League games were added to end of the 2021-22 club season, and there were two further rounds of fixtures shoehorned into September's schedule.